I got stung by a wasp on Wednesday, the swelling wasn't too bad on the first day but since then the area around the ankle (where i was stung) has swollen so much that its painful to walk and affecting movement. I took some benadryl ysterday and today i've had some ibuprofen. Reckon I should just let it run its course or head to the doctors?
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Wasp sting, advice
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Posted 8 months ago #
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Same as you, except I was stung on the head. The area around my right eye is swollen and I'm now taking Antihistamines to reduce the swelling. It's not painful though.
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swollen so much that its painful to walk and affecting movement
Doctors.
I've been stung so many times it's like i'm a wasp magnet (face, mouth, testicles, kneecaps, including one incident when I was stug about 40 times on the leg after kicking a wasps nest), and I've never had a reaction like that.
Sounds like you've had some sort of allergic reaction, I'd get it checked. Worth knowing for future in case you're ever stung somewhere more important
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find other wasps and murder them all. the satisfying feelings of retribution/revenge will mask your pain.
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Antihistamine tablets twice a day and get some benadryl cream and rub on affected area...
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the ibuprofen seems to be taking affect though now, just got up from my desk and it's undoubtably better. Just don't want to waste a doctors time......
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Wasps. The only thing they understand and respect is napalm.
Use it with all prejudice.
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I think stings and bites are always worse around your lower leg & you end up with loads of fluid sitting in the area.
A mate got bitten by a horsefly last year in Spain & he ended up with a cankle, where the calf & ankle merged into one swollen mess.Keeping his foot elevated in the evening helped, but during the day it would swell up like a balloon.
I had a similar bite while camping this year on my lower leg & it swelled very badly.I'd whack some savlon/germolene on the bite area too, just to stop any infection.
Posted 8 months ago # -
An update to my wasp sting swelling.
The swelling has started to encroach my eye with sweats and a headache so I phoned my local surgery for advise and they told me to come in to see a doctor. He checked my pulse, tongue(for swelling) and airways which were all fine and he sent me on my way. He's recommended that I take Piriton 3 times a day along with Ibuprofen and Paracetamol for any pain and the swelling.
HTH.
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I got stung twice on the face 1 by each eye riding at Stainburn a couple of months ago and it took a good week for swelling to go down. It actually got worse before it got better!
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I'm taking these one a day benadryls, reckon I can take more than that or not? shall I just stick to the one a day?
Posted 8 months ago # -
find other wasps and murder them all. the satisfying feelings of retribution/revenge will mask your pain.
Got stung a few years ago on the throat (still have a red mark), decided to kill every wasp I could find, carefully put them in a sealed jar on the windowsill as a warning to other wasps. Fine for about a month, then opened the jar to put another victim in, it had been festering in the sun and I got a lung full of the putrid smell, closest I've ever been to a five-finger spread without booze to blame. Still take great delight in killing the b'stards though. Where exactly do they fit in the food chain?
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I took two a day plus antihist cream...I live to tell the tale
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I've been stung so many times it's like i'm a wasp magnet (face, mouth, testicles, kneecaps, including one incident when I was stug about 40 times on the leg after kicking a wasps nest), and I've never had a
WTF
Do you deliberately seek them out and cover yourself in jam?
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after kicking a wasps nest
Stop kicking wasp nests then and you might stop being stung...Posted 8 months ago # -
YOUR GP IS A DICKHEAD; you have got a nasty bacterial infection from the wasps's filthy sting. get back there NOW and demand antibiotics fast or you're heading for septicaemia. Look it up; it will kill you.
The sweating is a consequence of the fever your body is generating in a desperate attempt to kill the bacteria that are flooding your system.
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